Britain's best-loved comic genius Stephen Fry turns his celebrated wit & insight to unearthing the real America as he travels across the continent in his black taxicab Stephen's account of his adventures is filled with his unique humour insight & warmth in the fascinating book that orginally accompanied his journey for the BBC1 series ' Stephen Fry is a treasure of the British Empire'
- The Guardian Stephen Fry has always loved America in fact he came very close to being born there Here his fascination for the country & its people sees him embarking on an epic journey across America visiting each of its 50 states to discover how such a huge diversity of people cultures languages beliefs & landscapes combine to create such a remarkable nation Starting on the eastern seaboard Stephen zig-zags across the country in his London taxicab talking to its hospitable citizens listening to its music visiting its landmarks viewing small-town life & America's breath-taking landscapes
- following wherever his curiosity leads him Stephen meets a collection of remarkable individuals
- American icons & unsung local heroes alike Stephen starts his epic journey on the east coast & zig-zags across America stopping in every state from Maine to Hawaii En route he discovers the South Side of Chicago with blues legend Buddy Guy catches up with Morgan Freeman in Mississippi strides around with Ted Turner on his Montana ranch marches with Zulus in New Orleans' Mardi Gras & drums with the Sioux Nation in South Dakota; joins a Georgia family for thanksgiving 'picks' with Bluegrass hillbillies & finds himself in a Tennessee garden full of dead bodies Whether in a club for failed gangsters (yes those are real bullet holes) or celebrating Halloween in Salem (is there anywhere better?) Stephen is welcomed by the people of America
- mayors sheriffs newspaper editors park rangers teachers & hobos bringing to life the oddities & splendours of each locale A celebration of the magnificent & the eccentric the beautiful & the strange Stephen Fry in America is our author's homage to this extraordinary country



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Part of the bestselling Little People BIG DREAMS series Stephen Hawking tells the inspiring story of the brilliant physicist & author 32 pages 32 Sanchez Vegara Maria Isabel ...

In 1963 Stephen Hawking was given a couple of years to live In January 2017 he celebrates his seventy-fifth birthday This biography of the brilliant theoretical physicist & inspirational international celebrity written with the help of Hawking himself & his close associates now

Includes:: His leadership at the London Paralympic Games The release of the film about his life The Theory of Everything His BBC Reith Lectures in 2016 His continuing work on black holes gravitational waves the new discovery of supertranslations The launch of the astounding Starshot programme The first presentation of the Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication at Starmus III in June 2016 Written with the clarity & simplicity for which all Kitty Ferguson's books have been praised it is a captivating account of an extraordinary life & mind

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Stephen K Amos is guaranteed to provide you with the Feel Good Factor in this laugh a minute st&-up performance filmed in front of a sell-out audience at the Hammersmith Apollo Star of Montreal Melbourne & Edinburgh festivals Amos is a hit with critics & audiences alike & has a swagger of awards in tow In fact he&s so flipping good he&s only gone & got his very own BBC show called you guessed it & The Stephen K Amos Show&! Stephen&s the biggest thing to hit comedy in 2010! ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play A heart-stopping psychological thriller (Joel Siegel) this Academy Award&174;-winning film is one of the best (Time) horror movies ever Adapted from a Stephen King story this unforgettable film will draw you into a harrowing game played between two cunning minds--one as sharp as a tack & the other as blunt as a sledgehammer Novelist Paul Sheldon (James Caan) doesn&8217;t remember the blinding blizzard that sent his car spinning off the road All he remembers is waking up in the home of Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates)--a maniacal fan who is bent on keeping her favourite writer as her personal prisoner for the rest of his cock-a-doodie life Actors Kathy Bates James Caan Richard Farnsworth Frances Sternhagen Lauren Bacall Directors Rob Reiner Writers William Goldman Format Widescreen Language English Subtitles English Dubbed None Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Audio Description None Region All Regions (Read more about DVDBlu-ray formats) Aspect Ratio 169
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Three horror films based on the works of popular author Stephen King In & Misery& (1990) sick of his 19th Century romantic heroine Misery Chastain novelist Paul Sheldon (James Caan) kills her off & writes a more personal modern novel When his car crashes in remote mountains he is saved by &number one fan& Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates) who adores Misery & has even named her pig after her As she nurses him back to health at her remote dwelling he realises she is not just going to let him go In & The Dark Half& (1991) novelist Thad Beaumont (Timothy Hutton) makes a healthy living writing pulp thrillers under the pseudonym George Stark but is frustrated that his more literary endeavours continue to go unnoticed Eventually he decides to dump Stark for good but as soon as he does so his friends & colleagues start to get picked off in grisly murder scenarios Then when the police discover Thad&s fingerprints all over the crime scenes the novelist realises that he has a dark side to his personality which is not going to be laid to rest easily In & Carrie& (1976) Carrie (Sissy Spacek) is a gawky unloved teenager whose awakening sexuality is at odds with her puritanical mother&s fanatical teachings Physically abused at home & shunned at school an unexpected Prom invitation seems to be Carrie&s first chance at happiness But when the Prom night ends in a vicious practical joke Carrie&s despair manifests itself in a fiery telekinetic revenge ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Kingdom Hospital is the first television series written & produced by Stephen King the legendary master of horror Kingdom Hospital is not like other hospitals--it is built on the wreckage of two horrific fires The first fire during the civil war burned down the Gates Falls Mill where small children toiled away under nightmarish conditions--nearly all of the long-suffering children were trapped & died in the fire The second fire destroyed the "old Kingdom" a creepy hospital where an evil doctor performed hideous experiments on patients The "new Kingdom" is the site of strange paranormal phenomena where the unquiet dead still roam In every episode over 20 regular & recurring characters check in & out of Kingdom Hospital playing out the eternal conflict between good & evil ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play " Everything in Salem&s Lot is connected to that house You can see it from every part of the town It&s like a beacon throwing off an energy force"
- Ben Mears (David Soul) At last! Salem&s Lot the 1979 horror mini-series from 1979 gets the much-desired DVD treatment Based on Stephen King&s terrifying vampire novel Tobe Hooper&s cult movie is a supernatural journey into the strange world of the titular town & its oddball inhabitants Ben Mears (Soul) returns to his hometown Salem&s Lot to complete work on his latest novel but finds himself increasingly disturbed by the object of his attention Mr Straker&s (James Mason) mansion house which terrified Ben as a child It seems that the residents have been acting up & some have even gone missing; all of which coincides with the arrival of Mr Straker & his mysteriously anonymous business partner Mr Barlow to Salem&s Lot Ben vows to get to the bottom of the disappearances & confront his childhood fears
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play A four-part miniseries tells the horror story of King's The Stand A supervirus that leaked from a lab kills most of the population in what appears to be The Plague (Part 1) The survivors share The Dreams (Part 2) Then they fight to stay alive as they break into groups of good & evil in The Betrayal (Part 3) The Stand (Part 4) between good & evil is the final episode Language English Subtitles English Spanish German Finnish Swedish Dubbed Spanish German Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English ...

This highly articulated action figure stands approx 20 cm tall & comes with fabric clothing & accessories in a blister packaging ...